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the north carolina chronicle ; or 3 fayettevilk gazette â€” n 01 1 8 of vol ii ]â€” m o n d a y j a n u a r v io i 7 r total n # 70 â€” bistort carver*s travll3 continued t n oftoser f 768 i arrived at bof jt ton having been abicnt from it on this expedition two yearsand five month tnd during that time tiavclied near fe vea tbomand miles from thence as 1 jii a i had properly diddled my jour nal and charts i i'et oat tor england to communicate the difcovcries i bad made ana to render eh era beneficial 10 the king dom but the proieciuion of my plans for leaping theft advantages have hither to been ob ft r ufted by the unhappy divi fions that have b en fomented between great britain and the colonies by their rnu nal enemies i cannot conclude the account of my extenfive travels without cxpreiling my gratitude to that beneficent lieirg who bvifibly protected rne through thofe pe liis which unavoidably attend fo long a tour among fierce untutored favages at the fame time let me not be ac cufed of vanity or prtfurrption if i de clare that the motives alledged in the introduction of this week were not the enly ones tha induced me to engage in this ardoens undertaking my views werenot folcly confined to the advan tages tliat might accrue either to myfelf t)t the community to which i belonged ; but nobler purposes contributed princi pally to urge me pn 1 he confuied iiate bo;s vi h regard to civil and religious improvements in which fo many of my fellow creatures jenainc aroa ; ed within my bofom aa irrdiftable inclination to cxplc-e the a-1 mott unknown regions which they inha lited ; and as a preparatory ftep towards the intrcdudtiob f n;ore jioiilhed man ners and more humane ftutiments to gain a knowledge of their laaguage cuf toxns and principles 1 confefs tfeat the little benr-fit tco ma n of the indian nations have hitherto re ceived from their irrtcrcouffc viih thofe who denominate themfelvcs chrtfuans did not ttnd to encourage my charitable purpcfes ; yet n many though not the generality jvu>ht receive home benefit from the introduction of religion among them it is true that the indians are not without ibme icr.fe of religion an fach as proves lhat they wot&ip the great cxcaiot with a degree oi pmity unknown tocatiows who have greater opportunities of improvement ; but|their religions prin ciples aieiar from uting fo fauhlefs as described by a learned writer oi unmix ed with opinions and ceremonie_s that greatly leikn their eyxellency in this point : fo that could the clodtrires of ge nuine and yitalchiifuanity be introduced tmon ilicm purs and untainted as it flowed from the lips of its divine inoi tutor it would certainly tend to cle-*r away that fi)peruitious and idolatrous drofs by v>hich tlie ratidrality cf their re ligious tenets arc obfeured cctichijlon of the journal of the origin manners customs religion afld language of tkt indians chapter \. of their origin the means by which america re ceived its fiift iiihabi'ants have firice the time of its diicovery by the europeans been the airjecl cf numberlefs ciifquilnir ns was 1 to endea\cur to collect the different opinions and eafon irgs of the vaikus wiitcrs that have t^kft up the pen in defence of iheir con jeajifes the enonneratig.n would reuch exceed the bouads i have preiciibed n.y felfj and oblige me to be lefs explicit en pcir.ts cf greater momtnt fiomthe cbfcuiity in which this de bate is enveloped through the total dif ufe cf letters among every nation of in dians on thisejtenfive continent and the uncertainty of oral tradition at he dif tancerf co many ages i fear that even after die moft minute inveiii^ation we vniill not be able to fettle it with any de gree of certainty and this apprchen fion will receive additional force when it is considered that the diverfity of ian gunge which is apparently diilinet be tween raofl of the indiana tends to afcer tain that this population was not ciie&ed from one particular country but from fever al neighbouring ones and completed at different periods moft of the hittorians or travellers that have treated on the american abo rigines difagreein tfieir fentisaents rela tive to them many of tlie ancic;;'.r arc fuppoled to have known that this quarter of the globe not enly cxiftcd but alfo that it was inhabited plato in his timsus has afierted that beyond the iftand which hz calls atafentfe ind which according to his defcription was fituated in the weftern ocean there v-ere a great number of other hands and be yond thofc a vapi confinent oviedo a celebrated spanifh author of a much later date ha made no fcruple to affirm that the antillei are the famous hsfperides o often mentioned by the poets which are at length rtftored to the kings of spain defcendents of king hefpcrus who lived upwards of three thoufaad years ago asdfrom whom thefe iflands received their name two other spaniards the oae father gregorio gaicia a dcrrinican the rÂ»iher father j ofcpti i)c acosa a j iuir lave written on the origin of the americans the former who had beca employed in the millions of mexico an peru en deavoured to prove from he traditions of the mexicans peruvians and ntherr which he received en the fpor and from the variety of characters enffoms lan guages and religion o fervable in tie fhitcrent cotintriss of the new vci'd th.it different nations had ccbtiibuiej to the peopkng of it the latter father de acofiai n ? i s examination of the means by which >.}.* ftrft indians of america n;igh hr.v found a pufiage o hat continent dil

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the north carolina chronicle ; or 3 fayettevilk gazette â€” n 01 1 8 of vol ii ]â€” m o n d a y j a n u a r v io i 7 r total n # 70 â€” bistort carver*s travll3 continued t n oftoser f 768 i arrived at bof jt ton having been abicnt from it on this expedition two yearsand five month tnd during that time tiavclied near fe vea tbomand miles from thence as 1 jii a i had properly diddled my jour nal and charts i i'et oat tor england to communicate the difcovcries i bad made ana to render eh era beneficial 10 the king dom but the proieciuion of my plans for leaping theft advantages have hither to been ob ft r ufted by the unhappy divi fions that have b en fomented between great britain and the colonies by their rnu nal enemies i cannot conclude the account of my extenfive travels without cxpreiling my gratitude to that beneficent lieirg who bvifibly protected rne through thofe pe liis which unavoidably attend fo long a tour among fierce untutored favages at the fame time let me not be ac cufed of vanity or prtfurrption if i de clare that the motives alledged in the introduction of this week were not the enly ones tha induced me to engage in this ardoens undertaking my views werenot folcly confined to the advan tages tliat might accrue either to myfelf t)t the community to which i belonged ; but nobler purposes contributed princi pally to urge me pn 1 he confuied iiate bo;s vi h regard to civil and religious improvements in which fo many of my fellow creatures jenainc aroa ; ed within my bofom aa irrdiftable inclination to cxplc-e the a-1 mott unknown regions which they inha lited ; and as a preparatory ftep towards the intrcdudtiob f n;ore jioiilhed man ners and more humane ftutiments to gain a knowledge of their laaguage cuf toxns and principles 1 confefs tfeat the little benr-fit tco ma n of the indian nations have hitherto re ceived from their irrtcrcouffc viih thofe who denominate themfelvcs chrtfuans did not ttnd to encourage my charitable purpcfes ; yet n many though not the generality jvu>ht receive home benefit from the introduction of religion among them it is true that the indians are not without ibme icr.fe of religion an fach as proves lhat they wot&ip the great cxcaiot with a degree oi pmity unknown tocatiows who have greater opportunities of improvement ; but|their religions prin ciples aieiar from uting fo fauhlefs as described by a learned writer oi unmix ed with opinions and ceremonie_s that greatly leikn their eyxellency in this point : fo that could the clodtrires of ge nuine and yitalchiifuanity be introduced tmon ilicm purs and untainted as it flowed from the lips of its divine inoi tutor it would certainly tend to cle-*r away that fi)peruitious and idolatrous drofs by v>hich tlie ratidrality cf their re ligious tenets arc obfeured cctichijlon of the journal of the origin manners customs religion afld language of tkt indians chapter \. of their origin the means by which america re ceived its fiift iiihabi'ants have firice the time of its diicovery by the europeans been the airjecl cf numberlefs ciifquilnir ns was 1 to endea\cur to collect the different opinions and eafon irgs of the vaikus wiitcrs that have t^kft up the pen in defence of iheir con jeajifes the enonneratig.n would reuch exceed the bouads i have preiciibed n.y felfj and oblige me to be lefs explicit en pcir.ts cf greater momtnt fiomthe cbfcuiity in which this de bate is enveloped through the total dif ufe cf letters among every nation of in dians on thisejtenfive continent and the uncertainty of oral tradition at he dif tancerf co many ages i fear that even after die moft minute inveiii^ation we vniill not be able to fettle it with any de gree of certainty and this apprchen fion will receive additional force when it is considered that the diverfity of ian gunge which is apparently diilinet be tween raofl of the indiana tends to afcer tain that this population was not ciie&ed from one particular country but from fever al neighbouring ones and completed at different periods moft of the hittorians or travellers that have treated on the american abo rigines difagreein tfieir fentisaents rela tive to them many of tlie ancic;;'.r arc fuppoled to have known that this quarter of the globe not enly cxiftcd but alfo that it was inhabited plato in his timsus has afierted that beyond the iftand which hz calls atafentfe ind which according to his defcription was fituated in the weftern ocean there v-ere a great number of other hands and be yond thofc a vapi confinent oviedo a celebrated spanifh author of a much later date ha made no fcruple to affirm that the antillei are the famous hsfperides o often mentioned by the poets which are at length rtftored to the kings of spain defcendents of king hefpcrus who lived upwards of three thoufaad years ago asdfrom whom thefe iflands received their name two other spaniards the oae father gregorio gaicia a dcrrinican the rÂ»iher father j ofcpti i)c acosa a j iuir lave written on the origin of the americans the former who had beca employed in the millions of mexico an peru en deavoured to prove from he traditions of the mexicans peruvians and ntherr which he received en the fpor and from the variety of characters enffoms lan guages and religion o fervable in tie fhitcrent cotintriss of the new vci'd th.it different nations had ccbtiibuiej to the peopkng of it the latter father de acofiai n ? i s examination of the means by which >.}.* ftrft indians of america n;igh hr.v found a pufiage o hat continent dil